Category Archives: Games and Oldskool Fun

I have been a computer enthusiast for a long time now. And it shows. Programs on tapes fascinate me in strange ways. The games I play are 5 or more years old or at the very least they have something particular going for them. And my computers don’t necessarily have to be running Windows.

Indie Game Embraces Modding, Atom Zombie Smasher Released

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More zombies, more fun. BlendoGames, the creators of the previously very favorably reviewed Gravity Bone, have just released a new full game. You can get Atom Zombie Smasher right now from their websites. There’s even a demo if you’re not totally convinced yet.

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Grand Theft Auto (GTA) Modding Overview

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Are you ready for a serious time drain? Game enthusiasts and developers are taking the Grand Theft Auto games’ world and expanding it beyond your wildest dreams. Come and join the fun.

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Orbital Decay, Building Spaceships

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Ever since my brief Shattered Galaxy stint I’ve been loving the whole custom spaceship battling game. You get an empty hull and lots of options of how to fill it. The trick is the select a good combination of defensive and offensive weaponry. If you like this kind of puzzling, you’ll love the two games [...]

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The Future of Point and Click Adventure Games

Ever since I started playing Monkey Island on my iPod Touch, I’ve become more and more convinced that the mobile platform is the future of adventure games. A good adventure game has been compared with reading a book. And with reason, a good adventure game’s backbone is a brilliant story. Now we can finally, comfortably [...]

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Be a Judge in the Eight Casual Gameplay Competition

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I mentioned the eight Casual Gameplay Competition a month ago. Now I wasn’t able to enter the competition, but that doesn’t mean I can’t enjoy the results. Isn’t the internet great?

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Virtual Reality Archeology, the Future That Wasn’t

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Sometimes you guys surprise me. Again I hear discussion on turning off comments on blogs, but I love your comments. I want to receive more! Especially if they lead me to sites like VRtifacts. A site on everything that Virtual Reality was. All the promises it once held, but that never came to fruition. It’s [...]

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Fault Line Action Puzzling

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In my final post in the casual game series, I present Fault Line. The basic mechanic is that of an action game. You move your avatar through a 2D side scrolling world. Jump from one platform to the other. The final goal: reaching the “end” marker. There’s no story or reason given why you might [...]

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Grid Puzzle Game

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I’m a sucker for a good puzzle. And among the puzzles, those that use the simplest mechanic to create the most complicated puzzle are my favorites. Grid is such a game. While its name is probably the least original and worst marketing move one in history, the game itself is the complete opposite.

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Amorphous+, Violence, Nothing Else

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Yes, Amorphous+ is JayIsGames’ game of the year for 2008. Yes, I’m terribly late to the party. But yes, this game is still worth a mention. You are the guy with the sword, standing in the middle, without cover and waves and waves of badies keep attacking you.

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Fantastic Contraption, Remember the Incredible Machine

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During the next few weeks, I’m going to do another stint of casual games that caught my attention. There are always too many of them and I keep creating a backlog. So the next 5 weeks, I’m going to feature some of the best of what’s out there. Today, it is Fantastic Contraption‘s turn to [...]

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